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Italo Calvino Under the Jaguar Sun ENA couple on an epicurean journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice. Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him - sure that any deviation from their normal progression would mean the uprising of the conspirators that surround him. And three different men search desperately for the beguiling…
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Connie Glynn Undercover Princess ENWhen fairy tale obsessed Lottie Pumpkin starts at the infamous Rosewood Hall, she is not expecting to share a room with the Crown Princess of Maradova, Ellie Wolf. Due to a series of lies and coincidences, 14-year-old Lottie finds herself pretending to be the princess so that Ellie can live a more normal teenage life. Lottie is thrust into the real world of royalty - a world filled with secrets, intrigue and…
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Connie Glynn Undercover PrincessLoved The Princess Diaries, Once Upon a Time and Girl Online? Then you'll love Undercover Princess! Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl who longs to be a princess, attending Rosewood Hall on a scholarship...
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John Darwin Unfinished Empire ENThe British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse,…
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Pittacus Lore United as One ENThe Garde didn't start this war, but they'll do whatever it takes to end it once and for all. The Mogadorians have invaded Earth. Their warships loom over our most populous cities and no country will risk taking them head on. The Garde are all that stand in the way, but they'll need an army of their own to win this fight. They've teamed up with the US military, but it might not be enough. The Garde need…
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Pittacus Lore United as OneThe Mogadorian invasion has come to Earth, and they have all but won the battle for our planet. Their warships loom over our most populous cities-like New York City, Tokyo, Moscow, Beijing, and New Delhi-and no army will risk making a move against them. The Garde are all that stand in their way . . . but they are no longer alone in this fight. Human teens from across the globe, like John Smith's best friend, Sam…
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Brian Cox Universal ENUniversal brings back together the bestselling authors of The Quantum Universe to show that, by asking questions about the world around us, everyone can think like a physicist and grasp the grandeur of our cosmos. Physics is about asking questions. But what are good questions? How do we understand the fundamental forces of the Universe and its remarkable uniformity? From what fridges tell us about the direction of…
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Väinö Linna Unknown Soldiers ENPublished for the first time in a faithful English translation, Unknown Soldiers is the story of a platoon of ordinary Finnish soldiers fighting their Soviet Union counterparts during the Second World War. Drawing on Linna's own wartime experiences, this gritty and realistic account shatters the myth of the noble, obedient Finnish soldier.
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Richard Shepherd Unnatural CausesMeet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. A detective in his own right, he must solve the mystery of sudden and unexplained deaths. He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; ...
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Maria Sharapova UnstoppableIn the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English...
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Fredrik Backman Us Against YouCan a broken town survive a second tragedy? The follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown. A small, broken town sits on the edge of a frozen lake surrounded by a forest, its wounds still raw from a tragedy that tore its fragile community in two.
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Thomas More Utopia ENIn Utopia Thomas More painted a fantastical picture of a distant island where society is perfected and people live in harmony, yet its title means `no place`, and More`s hugely influential work was ultimately an attack on his own corrupt, dangerous times, and on the failings of humanity. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have…
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Richelle Mead Vampire Academy ENA brand new movie tie-in edition of the global bestselling series - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - a dark and dangerous paranormal romance. St Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - hidden away, it's a place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They've…
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Richelle Mead Vampire Academy Collection ENAll six bestselling vampire academy paranormal romances in one stunning collection.
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Richelle Mead Vampire Academy: Blood Promise ENOUND BY LOVE, BUT SWORN TO KILL . . . GUARDIAN ROSE HATHAWAY'S LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. The recent attack on St. Vladimir's Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose's neck; a mark that says she's killed far too many Strigoi to count. But only one victim matters ... Dimitri Belikov. Rose…
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Richelle Mead Vampire Academy: Frostbite ENRose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose... It's winter break at St. Vladimir's, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy's crawling with Guardians including Rose's hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if handto- hand combat with her mom wasn't bad enough, Rose's tutor Dimitri has his eye on…
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Richelle Mead Vampire Academy: Shadow Kiss ENSwoon at the next addictive instalment in the must-have romantic series Vampire Academy. It's springtime at St Vladimir's Academy and Rose is close to graduation, but, since making her first Strigoi kills, things haven't felt quite right. She's having dark thoughts, behaving erratically, and worst of all... might be seeing ghosts. Consumed by her forbidden love with her tutor Dimitri and protecting her best friend,…
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Richelle Mead Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound ENDimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. And she made the wrong one… After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's Academy - and to her best friend, Lissa. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere. She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true-…
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Barbara H. Solomon Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts ENThey are the fearful images that have stalked humanity's nightmares for centuries, supernatural creatures that feast on flesh and haunt the soul, macabre and uncanny beings that frighten and fascinate the imagination.Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Ghosts collects classic stories from literary masters inspired by folklore and mythology who dared to explore the darker side of human nature and crafted tales that…
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Tim Weaver Vanished ENFor all fans of Mo Hayder's Gone and Michael Marshall Smith's The Straw Men, Vanished is the brilliant new missing persons case in the David Raker series, which establishes Tim Weaver as one of Britain's most talented new psychological suspense writers. No life is perfect. Everyone has secrets. For millions of Londoners, the morning of 17 December is just like any other. But not for Sam Wren. An hour after leaving…
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Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair ENThackeray's panoramic, satirical saga of corruption at all levels of English society, was published in 1847 but set during the Napoleonic Wars. It chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a…
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Martin Vargic Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps ENExplore the world as you never knew it with Vargic's astonishing miscellany of curious maps. This Atlas includes four fold out whole printed maps and a double sided removable poster showing. The Map of Stereotypes and The Map of Video Websites. Vargic's Miscellany is a collection of 64 maps and infographics. You can see the world mapped out by stereotypes; discover the Internet in cartographical form; marvel at the…
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Marina Lewycká Various Pets Alive and Dead ENMarcus and Doro were part of a commune from the late 1960s until the early 1990s: lentils, free love, spliffs, radical politics, cheesecloth blouses, sex, housework and cooking rotas, crochet, allotments. Their children have grown up rather different from them: primary school teacher Clara craves order and clean bathrooms, son Serge is pretending to his parents that he is still doing a Maths PhD at Cambridge, while…
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Stanley Karnow Vietnam ENThis monumental narrative clarifies, analyses and demystifies the terrible ordeal of the Vietnam war. Free of ideological bias, profound in its understanding and compassionate in its portrayal of humanity, it is filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and from exclusive interviews with the participants - French, American, Vietnamese, Chinese: diplomats, military commanders, high government…